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Some interesting statistics for the WATCH Awards for 2010.

• 121 productions (35 musicals, 86 plays) were adjudicated
• 55 shows received nominations
• 24 WATCH member companies received at least one nomination
• 6 WATCH member companies did not receive at least one nomination

Due to our efforts to prevent ShowBizRadio writers from covering shows where there may be a conflict of interest or bias, combined with the shows that our writers were working on themselves, we did not cover as many WATCH shows in 2010 as we did in past years.

• ShowBizRadio covered 29 nominated productions
• ShowBizRadio covered 18 productions that were not nominated

At this writing, this year we have already published 21 reviews of WATCH member productions, and 9 of professional theater companies. As always, please contact me if you’re interested in contributing to this vibrant theater community.

Here are all the nominated productions, with links to the news articles and reviews about the show. If we’ve missed an article, please send us a link to the article and we will update the listing.

We hope to see you at the Eleventh Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors Presentation Ceremony on Sunday night. Best wishes to all the nominees.

Arlington Players

• Amadeus
• Cabaret
  • We Love DC: We Love Arts: Cabaret
  • Sun-Gazette: Arlington Players Find Success With Challenging Season Opener
• The Producers
  • ShowBizRadio: Interview with Chris Dykton, Director
  • SunGazette: Season-Ending ‘Producers’ Scores Best on Design, Costumes

Bowie Community Theatre

• The Glass Menagerie
  • Gazette: Classic tale of dysfunctional family comes to Bowie; ‘The Glass Menagerie’ opens Friday

Castaways Repertory Theatre

• The Miracle Worker
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Castaways Repertory Theatre’s The Miracle Worker

Colonial Players

• Dog Logic
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of the Colonial Players’ Dog Logic
• Earth and Sky
• Frozen
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
• Mrs. California

Damascus Theatre Company

• She Loves Me
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Damascus Theatre Company’s She Loves Me

Dominion Stage

• Altar Boyz
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Dominion Stage’s Altar Boyz
  • Sun-Gazette: Dominion Opener Starts Off Spotty, Grows on You
  • MetroWeekly: Dominion Stage presents a ”sizzling” production of Altar Boys
• Reefer Madness
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Dominion Stage’s Reefer Madness – The Musical

Elden Street Players

• Metamorphoses
  • ShowBizRadio: Interview with Evan Hoffman, Director
• Murder in Green Meadows
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Elden Street Players’ Murder in Green Meadows
• Rent
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Elden Street Players’ Rent
• W;t

Fauquier Community Theatre

• Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Fauquier Community Theatre’s The Musical Comedy Murders of the 1940’s
• The Miracle Worker
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Fauquier Community Theatre’s The Miracle Worker

Foundry Players

• Julius Caesar

Greenbelt Arts Center

• Man of LaMancha
  • Gazette: Experienced cast, crew ready for the ‘Impossible Dream’ Greenbelt opens ‘Man of La Mancha’

Kensington Arts Theatre

• Chicago
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Kensington Arts Theatre’s Chicago
  • Kensington Patch: Kensington Arts Theatre Kicks Off Season With “Chicago”
• Rent
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Kensington Arts Theatre’s Rent
• Violet
  • Gazette: The Tuesday Conversation: Caroline Jane Angell; KAT presents ‘Violet’ under Angell’s direction
  • Gazette: A ‘Violet’ blooms at Kensington Arts Theatre
  • DCTS: Violet interviews

Little Theatre Of Alexandria

• Chicago
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Little Theatre Of Alexandria’s Chicago
  • Alexandria Times: Vixens and vice
  • Fairfax Times: ‘Chicago’ opens with a bang; Longest-running musical performed at Alexandria’s Little Theatre through March 20
  • Alexandria Gazette Packet: All That Jazz! Big Band Sparks “Chicago”
• Lady Windermere’s Fan
  • Alexandria News: Little Theatre’s “Lady Windermere” Sure To Attract Fans
  • Rich Massabny: The Little Theatre Of Alexandria – Lady Windermere’s Fan
• Nude With Violin
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Little Theatre of Alexandria’s Nude With Violin
  • Alexandria News: Nude With Violin Opens At Little Theater
  • Rich Massabny: The Little Theatre Of Alexandria – Nude With Violin
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Alexandria News: A Fight for Love and Glory
  • Rich Massabny: The Litle Theatre Of Alexandria – Play It Again, Sam

McLean Community Players

• Frost/Nixon
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of McLean Community Players’ Frost/Nixon
  • Connection: Clash of the Titans; McLean Community Players prepare to open season with Frost/Nixon.
  • Sun-Gazette: In ‘Frost/Nixon,’ Actors Spurn Impersonations, Aim for Characters’ Cores
  • Rich Massabny: Mclean Community Players – Frost/Nixon
  • Fairfax Times: Frost descends on Nixon in McLean production

Montgomery Playhouse

• An Ideal Husband
• Antigone
• Moonlight and Magnolias
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Montgomery Playhouse’s Moonlight and Magnolias

Port Tobacco Players

• Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Southern MD News: Though not toxic, PTP’s ‘Arsenic’ will make you laugh
  • SoMDNews: ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’
• The Diary of Anne Frank
  • SoMD News: PTP production keeps the story safe
• The Miracle Worker
• The Producers
  • BayNet: PTP Hits Comedy Gold with ‘The Producers’
  • SoMdNews: For PTP, ‘The Producers’ will be really big show
• The Secret Garden

Prince George’s Little Theatre

• Arsenic and Old Lace
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s Arsenic and Old Lace
• Bye Bye, Birdie

Prince William Little Theatre

• Frankenstein
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Prince William Little Theatre’s Frankenstein
  • Rich Massabny: Prince William Little Theatre – “Frankenstein”
  • InsideNova: Review: It’s not your father’s Frankenstein

Providence Players

• Big Tree Falls
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Providence Players’ Big Tree Falls
• The Laramie Project
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of the Providence Players’ The Laramie Project
  • Falls Church News-Press: F.C.’s Providence Players Tackle ‘Laramie Project’
  • Fairfax Times: Lengthy ‘Laramie Project’ worth the time thanks to cast
  • Connection Newspaper: Congressman joins a cast of play about aftermath of Matthew Shepard’s 1998 death in Laramie
• Waiting in the Wings
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Providence Players’ Waiting In the Wings

Reston Community Players

• As You Like It
• Trip to Bountiful
• Wonderful Town
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Reston Community Players’ Wonderful Town

Rockville Musical Theatre

• Evita
• Forever Plaid
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Rockville Musical Theatre’s Forever Plaid
• The Pajama Game
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Rockville Musical Theatre’s The Pajama Game

Silver Spring Stage

• Private Lives
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Silver Spring Stage’s Private Lives
• Pygmalion
• Rabbit Hole Interview

St. Mark’s Players

• Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of St. Mark’s Players’ Two Gentlemen of Verona

Taking Flight Theatre Company

• Evil Dead: The Musical
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Taking Flight Theatre Company’s Evil Dead: The Musical

Tantallon Community Players

• A Raisin in the Sun
  • ShowBizRadio: Review of Tantallon Community Players’ A Raisin in the Sun